Bullying
MEMBERS
2 Members

Teaching Jobs on Teachers.Net

Start a new discussion...
After much research and training by our assistant principal, our school has been selected to be a pilot school for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. We are already a PBIS school, we feel that the two should dovetail. I completed two days of training last week and an important fact I learned is sometimes we don't define bullying

correctly. According to what Olweus teaches "Bullying is when someone repeatedly and on purpose says or does hurtful things to another person who has a hard time defending himself or herself." That's not to say one child hasn't been bullied; however this may be a pattern for the bully. We are wanting to make a change in our school culture and community, and based on what someone said to me at church on this past Sunday, we have worl to do. There is a pervasive attitude that bullying is a normal part of growing up. Guess he'd never heard of Phoebe Snow, huh? I will have to change my own attitude because usually I'd like to snatch the little booger...See More
Leah For another article of interest, click below
Jun 22, 2011


Teacher Chatboards

States

Subject Areas

Language Arts

Foreign Language